8 months, broken bones, and other happenings...

Well our little G is growing up so fast. She is 8, almost 9 months already. It seriously seems like we just brought her home a couple months ago! It makes me sad how fast time goes. But at the same time I love watching how she grows and changes everyday, good or bad. Boy does she know how to throw a fit. Can someone say attitude?! How did we get so lucky :) She is growing like a weed. At her 8 month appointment she was almost 18 lbs (17 lbs 14 oz) and 27 1/4 in, but she can't seem to keep up with her feet. Poor girl looks like a clown if I put shoes on her :) We're still waiting for her to take off crawling. She turn in circles and scoot backwards, just hasn't figured out how to work the forward gear! But that's okay with me. I'm not ready to start chasing her around yet!!! She still loves to eat her veggies, and is finally starting to eat her fruits. When we would give them to her before, she would take a few bites, make faces or gag, and be done. This girls thinks she needs to eat/drink whatever everyone else is eating. She actually drinks out of a cup pretty well! And the best yet...she started sleeping through the night again!!! That makes her mom VERY happy :) She had never slept in her crib, other than naps. So one night we decided we would try it. Sure enough, she slept. All. Night. Long :)

She's not a fan of lemons :)

At the beginning of the month (Mar. 1) Ty was playing basketball with his city league team. He called me on his way home saying he had hurt his arm and wrist. I didn't think much of it, told him he was fine and that I would see him at home. He got there and we went about our nightly routine getting ready for bed. He told me he couldn't bend his elbow at all. I took a look. It looked a little swollen, but not serious, so I told him to man up :) A few minutes later his step-mom calls telling him his Grma Angell collapsed and they were taking her to the E.R. So he hurried out the door to go see her. While he was there they told him that he might as well let the doctor look at his arm. They took and xray and found a fracture in his radial head (elbow), and recommended he see a specialist the next day. So we went to Cody to Dr. Winzenried's office and met with Dr. Clark. He took a look at the xray, and said there was a possibility that it might need surgery. He sent us to get a ct-scan, and said he would call in a couple days to let us know what it showed. The next day they called and sure enough, a surgery was scheduled. Once again, how do we get so lucky?! So on the 8th, he went in for surgery. They ended up putting two screws in and everything went well! He started therapy a few days after, and had been going three times a week. They expected it to be 10 weeks before he has full motion again. I think it will be a lot faster, but I'm sure he will drag it out as long as possible. He's enjoying not having to change any diapers :)

So other than that we haven't had much happening. Ty has been busy with school and checking cows. He can't do much else. We can't wait for warm weather! I think we are all going a little stir-crazy. And G loves going outside!!! So let's all pray the warm weather is here to stay :) No more snow!!!